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Open-field contact time was observed in Holtzman albino rats pre- and postoperatively. Although social contact was quite variable within pairs, postoperatively there was still a marked increase in social cohesiveness across days. These results are similar but not identical to results observed in prior studies using Long-Evans hooded rats.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Ohio University Research Foundation to D. A. Johnson. All the authors are with the Department of Psychology, and B. Polenchar and M. Patterson are also with the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701.
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Johnson, D.A., Chang, CH., Polenchar, B.E. et al. The effects of septal lesion on the open-field social behavior of Sprague-Dawley albino rats. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 23, 339–340 (1985). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330176
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